Best Quotes by Corrie Ten Boom (Top 10)
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
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This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see."
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Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.
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Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
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More Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. "Corrie," he began gently, "when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?" I sniffed a few times, considering this. "Why, just before we get on the train." "Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.
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Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do."
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Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.
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.....joy runs deeper than despair.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Let God's promises shine on your problems.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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